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WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« on: Tuesday 27 June 17 10:08 BST (UK) »
Found this in the loft, if I know which war...might have half a chance of determining who it is!

May be DCLI, or could well be irish...I have no idea!

Thanks in advance.

David

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 27 June 17 10:15 BST (UK) »
He is wearing WW1 medal ribbons, it is after WW1.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 27 June 17 10:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you!

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 27 June 17 10:36 BST (UK) »
The buttons are the General Service buttons worn by the majority of regiments until about 1928 so they don't help BUT his shoulder title could be the bugle above the word Cornwall of the DCLI. Other eyes may see it better than I.

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It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 June 17 20:42 BST (UK) »
a high res scan of his shoulder....im no closer to seeing what I need to see!

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #5 on: Friday 30 June 17 09:20 BST (UK) »
David

What I am suggesting (tentatively) is that the shoulder title is this one.

maxD
I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



Double  Essex/Suffolk
Randle/Millington Warwicks
Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #6 on: Friday 30 June 17 09:26 BST (UK) »
Quote from: maxD on Friday 30 June 17 09:20 BST (UK)
David

What I am suggesting (tentatively) is that the shoulder title is this one.

maxD

It's the right shape, isn't it? Are there many more shoulder titles of a similar shape?

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #7 on: Friday 30 June 17 09:46 BST (UK) »
There are indeed and many that have some sort of emblem above the regimental title.  However, my reading of david's initial post suggested to me that he had other info that the man was either DCLI or an Irish regiment and this resembles more closely the DCLI than any Irish regiment I've seen.  I can't find an Irish regiment title that has anything as large as what I identify as the bugle above the word. But who knows whether I've seen them all (google images "shoulder titles WW1")

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



Double  Essex/Suffolk
Randle/Millington Warwicks
Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: WWI or WWII? DCLI or Irish...
« Reply #8 on: Friday 30 June 17 10:25 BST (UK) »
Hi Max,

The reason for irish of DCLI is that my relatives were in both. I have an assumption that its my great grandfather, but there are no known photos of him! He was in the DCLI. from 1908-to early 1930's. So if we assume its the DCLI, its the only relative (from that side of the family) in the DCLI so we can deduce its him!

Which is a bonus.

Thank you!
David
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